E3 wants to talk as Russia makes big advance on frontline

The Duran: Episode 2538 While the collective West floods the media with drone strike footage, Russian forces are breaking through in Konstantinovka, Kamatsk, and Slavyansk in what Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran describe as an imminent cascade collapse across the entire Donbass fortified line. Bloomberg reports that the E3, the UK, France, and Germany, are now seeking direct talks with Moscow, but as Mercouris argues, the real driver is not leverage but desperation as Europe quietly acknowledges the situation on the ground is turning fast against Ukraine. Is Russia winning the battlefield while catastrophically losing the information war, and what does that mean for any ceasefire deal? ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100 00:00 Introduction: Drone Strikes vs Frontline Reality 01:27 Russia Winning the Ground, Losing the Narrative 02:10 Why the Information War Matters and Who Is Winning It 03:31 Drone Attacks on Refineries: Nuisance or Threat? 04:25 Rutte in Kyiv and the May 9th Ceasefire Debacle 05:26 Russia Hands Victory to Trump and NATO 07:06 Frontline Update: Konstantinovka About to Fall 10:27 Slavyansk Positions Crumbling, Cascade Collapse Ahead 11:30 New Russian Aerospace Commander and Intensified Strikes on Kyiv 12:33 Bloomberg Report: E3 Approaches Russia for Talks 13:48 Real Reason for Talks: Europe Knows Ukraine Is Losing 15:49 Russia's Hard Line: Withdraw from All Russian Territory 16:30 Good Cop Bad Cop: US as Neutral Mediator 18:13 Kremlin Strategy: Leaving an Off-Ramp for Washington 20:42 Putin's Fury at Europe and the Betrayal Narrative 28:13 Orange Revolution 2004: The Moment Russia Should Have Known 33:34 Is Russia Overinvesting in the US Relationship? 35:23 Final Assessment: Concessions Are Off the Table